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8/17/2015

Easier to Read Pro­97/2055 Scanner Manual

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Multi­System Trunking ­ you can track Motorola, EDACS (GE/Ericsson), and LTR trunking systems.

Control Channel Only Scanning ­ automatically determines the trunking frequencies for Motorola trunking systems only, once the control channels are programmed.

Repeater Finder Tool ­ displays the current Home Repeater when monitoring LTR transmissions in manual mode.

Data Cloning ­ lets you transfer the programmed data from one Pro­97/2055 to another Pro­97/2055. You can also download the programmed data from a PC to the scanner (using an optional
one­way PC cable), or upload the programmed data to the scanner (using a two­way PC cable) with the optional software.

Simultaneous Trunk and Scan ­ scans conventional and trunked frequencies together at the same time.

16 Character, 4­line, Dot Matrix Text Display ­ lets you program a text label for each channel, bank, talkgroup ID, or a limit search so you can easily identify the transmission.

Trunking ID Delay ­ variable delay (1/2 to 4 seconds) before searching for another talkgroup ID so you can hear more replies that are made on the same talkgroup ID.

6 Service Search Banks ­ Marine, CB, FRS/GMRS/MURS, Police/Fire, Aircraft, and Amateur pre­programmed search ranges and 1 programmable limit search to reduce search time and
monitor interesting frequencies more quickly.

Tune Search ­ The scanner will allow you to start searching up or down from a specific frequency.

Search Lockouts­ for each channel in the CB, Marine, and FRS/GMRS/MURS bands and 50 per band for each of the, Air, Police/Fire, Amateur, or limit search bands.

Attenuation ­ lets you program your scanner (per channel or globally) to reduce the scanner's sensitivity to strong local signals or noise caused by these signals to reduce interference.

10 Channel Storage Banks ­ you can store up to 100 channels in each bank.

HyperSearch and HyperScan ­ searches up to 100 steps per second and scans up to 50 channels per second.

10 ID­Storage Banks ­ lets you store and/or lock out 1500 IDs in 10 ID banks that have 5 sub­ID banks of 30 each. Each sub­bank can be turned on or off so you can monitor ID's you prefer.

Channel Lockouts ­ lets you lock any channel in any bank.

Weather Alert ­ can be set to automatically sound the alarm tone to advise of hazardous weather conditions when it detects the alert signal on the local National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) weather channel (SAME standby mode) or you can also scan and set the weather channel as a priority channel. Displays the weather event text with four alert levels so
you can see and hear the reason for the alert. Also has 3 programmable Skywarn channels.

Triple­Conversion Circuitry ­ virtually eliminates (depending on your location) any interference from IF (intermediate frequency) images, so you hear only the selected frequency.

Backlit Keypad and Display ­ select the time the light stays on or set to constant.

Three Power Options (Pro 97) ­ lets you power the scanner using internal batteries; alkaline, Ni­Cad, or Ni­MH; external AC power using an optional 9 volt 300­mA AC adapter/charger (and
RS ‘type C’ adaptaplug); or DC power using an optional 9 volt DC cigarette­lighter power cable.

Scan/Search Delay ­ 2 second (adjustable delay with optional software and cable) scan and search delay before moving to another channel, frequency, or trunking system so you can hear
more replies that are made on the same transmission.

1 Priority Channel ­ lets you program an additional frequency, one of the conventional channels, or a weather channel and then have the scanner check that channel every 2 seconds while it
scans the bank, so you don't miss transmissions on that frequency or channel.

Manual Access ­ lets you directly access any channel or frequency.

Key Lock ­ lets you lock the scanner's keys to help prevent accidental changes to the scanner's programming.

Battery Low Alert (Pro 97) ­ warns you when battery power gets low by beeping about every 10 seconds.

Key Confirmation Tones ­ the scanner sounds a tone when you press a key, perform an operation correctly, and an error tone if you make an error. Can be turned off.

Memory Backup ­ keeps the frequencies stored in memory for an extended time if the radio loses power.

 

Your scanner can receive these bands:

 

Frequency Range

Step (kHz)

Mode (Default)

Band

Frequency Range

Step (kHz)

Mode (Default)

Band

25­28

5

AM

CB, VHF Lo Band

157.4775­161.565

7.5

FM

Police­Business­Rail

28­54

5

FM

10m/6m Amateur

161.570­162.020

5

FM

Remote Broadcast­Maritime

108­137

8.33

AM

Civilian Air

162.025­173.200

12.5

FM

Government Band

137­138

5

FM

Satellite

173.20375­173.2225

6.25

FM

Government Band

138­144

12.5

FM

Government

173.225­173.3875

6.25

FM

Government Band

144­148

5

FM

2m Amateur

173.390­173.40875

6.25

FM

Government Band

148­150.775

12.5

FM

Government­Satellite 173.4125­174

12.5

FM

Government Band

150.7825­150.8125

7.5

FM

Auto Emergency

216.0025­220

5

FM

Maritime

154.45625­154.47875

7.5

FM

Fire­Business

220­225

5

FM

1.25m Amateur­General Trunked

154.4825­154.505

7.5

FM

Industry

225­406

25

AM

Military Air­Military Trunked

154.510­154.525

5

FM

Industry

406­512

6.25

FM

70cm Amateur, UHF TV

154.5275­154.54625

6.25

FM

Industry

806­823.9875

6.25

FM

Mobile Trunked Public Safety

154.5475­154.6075

7.5

FM

Industry

849­868.9875

6.25

FM

Base Trunked Public Safety

154.610­154.655

5

FM

Police

894­940

6.25

FM

33cm Amateur­Business Trunked

154.6575­156.2475

7.5

FM

Police

940­960

6.25

FM

Government­Broadcast

156.250­157.475

5

FM

Maritime

1240­1300

6.25

FM

23cm Amateur­Government

Scanning Terminology

Contents

 

Note: To avoid confusion, and to also correct RS, I will be referring to the pre­programmed search ranges as bands and not banks. A band is something you search; a bank is where
you store things (like channels). The RS manual will refer to search bands as 'bands'; (correct), 'banks', 'frequency ranges' or 'search ranges' to really confuse people.

Scanning­ the process of stepping through conventional channels in scan banks.

Trunktracking (open mode)­ the process of searching for all active talkgroup IDs in trunked systems, in scan banks.

Trunkscanning (closed mode)­ the process of stepping through programmed talkgroup IDs in ID lists, in trunked systems, in scan banks.

Open and Closed Modes

­ You search all IDs in Open mode or just programmed IDs in Closed mode.

Summary of Contents for PRO-97

Page 1: ...D delay IDs can be locked out in open mode vs the older Pro 93 2053 94 95 The Skywarn lets you program 3 Skywarn frequencies or any other conventional freqs into channels 997 999 for one touch access...

Page 2: ...H external AC power using an optional 9 volt 300 mA AC adapter charger and RS type C adaptaplug or DC power using an optional 9 volt DC cigarette lighter power cable Scan Search Delay 2 second adjusta...

Page 3: ...ven though each controller monitors its own channel one of the channel controllers is assigned to be a master that all controllers report to Each of these controllers sends out a data burst approximat...

Page 4: ...canner will receive 1 all channels in AM FM CT and DC modes that are not locked out 2 all IDs in MO ED and LTR modes even if they are locked out in the ID list In closed mode the scanner will receive...

Page 5: ...e mode 0000 00000 shows the frequency The weather channel number in weather search 2nd Line pri appears on the left with priority off PRI appears with priority on att appears if the attenuator is off...

Page 6: ...tart at 000 for bank 0 100 for bank 1 200 for bank 2 etc If you are going to be programming text tags for the frequencies I find it easier to program all the frequencies first then go back and program...

Page 7: ...of the bank channels 001 101 201 etc and have to be programmed in LCN Logical Channel Number order See Finding EDACS LCN Order You can still use 000 100 etc for a conventional frequency Note for LTR p...

Page 8: ...256 32 32 S6 32 8 1 256 32 32 S7 32 4 1 128 64 64 S8 16 4 1 64 128 128 S9 8 4 1 32 256 256 S10 4 8 1 32 256 256 S11 2 16 1 32 256 256 S12 1 16 2 8 1024 512 S13 1 16 4 4 2048 512 S14 1 16 8 2 4096 512...

Page 9: ...ess FUNC then CL Press MAN to exit programming or SCAN to start scanning To Clear All IDs in a Bank 1 In Manual mode select any channel of the bank you want clear the IDs in by entering the bank numbe...

Page 10: ...e is normal attenuator mode in which you set the attenuator for each channel and channels in search SR0 2 each search group in search banks SR3 and SR5 each search band SR4 and SR6 or a Tune search Th...

Page 11: ...PRI To set a conventional channel as the Priority Channel quickly press FUNC then PRI while the channel is displayed See Priority Scanning To View the ID or Text Tag for the ID quickly press TEXT whi...

Page 12: ...the channel is displayed To Unlock a channel See Locking Unlocking Search Frequencies To turn the Delay on or off for a channel quickly press DELAY while the channel is displayed dly will turn to DLY...

Page 13: ...art a searching at a specific frequency press TUNE TUNE and the previous frequency appear in the display and the scanner will automatically start searching Enter the frequency where you want the scann...

Page 14: ...m 1 9 resulting in codes such as 148439 248439 and so on To obtain the FIPS code for the location where you installed your scanner call the NWS toll free at 1 888 697 7263 follow the instructions you...

Page 15: ...ss 1 while the welcome screen is displayed Key tone OFF will briefly appear Using The Display Backlight 97 There are three backlight modes you can choose from to control backlight activation Normal mo...

Page 16: ...talkgroup information on the bottom line of the display and a number preceded by R in the bottom right hand corner i e R12 The R number is the Home Repeater number that the current transmission is occ...

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